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Young Jeezy Gives First-Class Airplane Seat To 11-Year-Old Cancer Patient

The youth is fighting stage 3 cancer and was going to Memphis to get treatment.

Rap star Young Jeezy, is all about the kids and he gave evidence of it recently with a kind gesture to a young man facing serious challenges.

Taking to his Instagram, “The Snowman” rapper spoke on the bravery of a boy identified as “Andre,” who he met on a flight heading to Memphis. The Def Jam artist says the boy is fighting stage 3 cancer and was on his way for treatment. After offering his seat, Jeezy sat next to his mother and spoke with them both. The conversation led to an invite to his show, which Jeezy says in his post, Jeezy said Andre showed up to his show “like a boss.”

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This is not the first instance of the famed trap rapper’s benevolence. From supplying free WiFi to the hospital and high school in his local town to Jeezy’s Street Dreamz Foundation teaming up with The Tony Robbins Foundation to give out 1,000 bikes to inner-city youth in Atlanta, the “My President is Black” rapper has always had an ear to the ground.

But caring for kids is not new to Jeezy. He’s also a dad who has four children, including a newborn with his wife Jeannie Mai.

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